{"id":59749,"date":"2024-06-04T08:38:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T08:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e911d2e3-e3b2-4148-8c5c-78b041bb26bd"},"modified":"2024-06-04T08:39:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T08:39:47","slug":"cosmic-explosions-expanding-universe-and-the-threat-to-earth-astronomer-answers-5-questions-hes-most-often-asked","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/cosmic-explosions-expanding-universe-and-the-threat-to-earth-astronomer-answers-5-questions-hes-most-often-asked\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmic explosions, expanding Universe and the threat to Earth. Astronomer answers 5 questions he’s most often asked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nial Tanvir is a Professor in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester, UK. We asked him to answer 5 of his most-asked questions. <\/p>

By Nial Tanvir\n <\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 04 June 2024 at 08:38 AM<\/p>

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\u2009My research mainly focuses on transient phenomena that come and go, particularly extremely powerful explosions known as gamma-ray bursts<\/a> (GRBs).<\/p>

Some of these are produced by the deaths of massive stars, while others are from the mergers of binary neutron stars<\/a>.<\/p>